While Ben Simmons and Lonzo Ball dominant the rookie headlines, the league has been impacted by other first-year contributors for the second season in a row. Some of these neophytes are being pressed into increased responsibilities out of necessity as opposed to the normal “take it slow” approach rookies often are faced with. The pressure […]

The NBA’s Southeast division is loaded with teams that are long on hustle. We breakdown each team. Orlando Magic With Frank Vogel at the helm how big of a step can the Magic take with Aaron Gordon, Elfrid Payton, Evan Fournier and Nikola Vucevic? Charlotte Hornets Dwight Howard is the biggest addition to the roster […]

The Baseline welcomes Nick Sciria from Nylon Calculus and BBall Breakdown to help drop science on the winners and losers of the NBA Trade Deadline. We discuss Nerlens Noel, Lou Williams, P.J. Tucker, Bojan Bogdanovic, Ersan Ilyasova and more players with new addresses for the remainder of the season. We also touch on the lack […]

In our final division preview we roll out the red carpet for D.J. Foster from Fox Sports and the Locked on Clippers Podcast to help us break down the Southeast Division in the NBA. As one of the trickiest divisions in the league we thought we might need some perspective from the other side of […]